Digital technologies in education – between student’s immersion and school’s indolence Cover Image

Technologie cyfrowe w edukacji – między immersją ucznia a indolencją szkoły
Digital technologies in education – between student’s immersion and school’s indolence

Author(s): Katarzyna Borawska-Kalbarczyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, School education
Published by: Wydawnictwo LIBRON
Keywords: immersion; modern digital technologies; digital media; digital age didactics

Summary/Abstract: The present article shows the transformations of the modern civilization that are associated with the development of modern digital technologies. It is hypothesized that the observed transformations have a tremendous impact on the lives and functioning of young people - the digital natives. The author makes their characteristics pointing to the problem of immersion in the virtual world. The aim of this article is to attempt to justify the thesis that the use of modern digital technologies by young people can increase the chance of their intellectual development by stimulating their cognitive activity and thus constitute an important educational tool. The condition for achieving this state is the skillful organization and arrangement of a school learning environment with the digital media.

  • Issue Year: 8/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 117-132
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish